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Variable Rate Application: Increase the efficiency of your Fertilizer Spreader Hopper

In the past, farmers utilized the same fertilizer blend in the same concentration for all their crops. Today, variable rate application, or the practice of altering the rate of fertilizer applied based on the needs of a specific section of land, is a popular and growing practice in the farming community.

Utilizing a variable rate application in your fields requires soil sampling and analysis to create a “prescription” for the property. The “prescription” is then fed into the spreader’s GPS-driven controller, speeding up or slowing the rate of fertilizer distribution based on the location.

Variable rate application offers the potential to save money by eliminating the use of fertilizer where it’s not needed, so the fertilizer spreader hopper may no longer require the large volume of fertilizer as it did in the past. However, variable rate application is primarily used to increase yield. How?

Variable rate application requires a great deal of attention be paid to all areas of a field, allowing for increased yields in marginal areas and sustaining already good yielding areas at a lower cost. By creating the ultimate environment for each crop, yield is optimized which in turn boosts profits.

As a leader in the industry, BBI has designed efficient and cost effective spreaders that allow farmers to institute variable rate application practices. And by utilizing this cutting-edge technology, farmers are poised to reap notable benefits.

Variable rate application has also gained popularity due to the ability to modify the amount of chemicals used. Farmers are invested in sustainability, and lowering fertilizer application is one large contribution in the effort to farm for the future.

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